About The Singers
The University Singers represent Southwestern Adventist University as its International Touring Ensemble. Since 2012, The Singers have presented international concert tours throughout Canada, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Costa Rica, South Korea, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, Spain, Portugal, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Germany, France, England and Poland. These unique musical, cultural and spiritual experiences have provided life changing moments and memories for the music scholars, while they all have the opportunity to pursue various degrees of study on the campus of Southwestern Adventist University. While on tour, The Singers have been featured in the worlds top concert venues, including Portsmouth Cathedral, Quarr Abbey on the Isle of Wight, Turku Cathedral, The US Embassy in Bratislava, The American Spring Festival in Prague, Samyook University in Seoul, Universidad Nacional Costa Rica on behalf of ACDA CR, Aveiro Choral Festival, St. Paul’s Within the Walls in Rome, The Rock Church in Helsinki, The American Church in Paris, Sta Clara Kyrkan in Stockholm, Pentemont Abbey in Paris, the historic Naatalin kirkko in Naantali, Finland, the famed Notre Dame Cathedral in Montreal and the most prestigious sacred venue in the world, Westminster Abbey in London. The Singers were most recently featured at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland for the 17th Universitas Cantat Choral Festival. The Singers full MainStage Performance can be seen on the front page of theuniversitysingers.com.
The Singers have also been featured throughout the United States across Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Colorado, Washington D.C., Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Vermont, Florida, New York, Maine and Arizona. They have performed in prestigious venues, such as, St. Patrick’s Cathedral in NYC, Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Denver, The Senate Bible Study in Washington D.C., First Lutheran Church of Boston, Asbury United Methodist Church in Oklahoma City, St. Andrew UMC in Plano, St. Stephen Presbyterian Church in Fort Worth, First Presbyterian Church of Fort Worth, First United Methodist Church in Orlando, Broadway Baptist Church in Fort Worth, Texas State Capitol Rotunda in Austin, St. Vincent’s Cathedral in Bedford, Camelback Bible Church in Scottsdale, Arizona, The Methuen Memorial Music Hall in Massachusetts, The Historic St. Joseph’s Parish in San Antonio, Bass Performance Hall with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra for the Bernstein Centennial Concert and annually at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas.
The University Singers are avid champions of new choral music, with 9 commissions and world premieres to date. The most recent composers have been with Ēriks Ešenvalds (I Believe for Choir & Strings) 2017, Kim André Arnesen (Sing the Earth for Choir, Brass, Organ & Percussion) 2018, Craig Courtney (Psalm 23 for Choir, Piano & Strings) 2019, Dr. Brandon Boyd (I’ll Fly Away for Choir, Piano, Bass & Drums) 2020, Philip W. Stopford (God is Our Hope and Strength for Choir, Brass, Organ and Percussion) in 2022, Elaine Hagenberg (Valley of Vision for Choir and Piano) in 2023 and Jamey Ray (Joshua for A cappella Choir) in 2026. Each of these pieces were commissioned for and premiered by The University Singers at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas, Texas, USA. The Singers have been led by American Conductor, Vocalist & Music Educator Jonathan E. L. Wall since 2009.